Miracles in My Life - J. N. Loughborough

society. The older male members were required to
write speeches, commit them to memory, and
present them before the assembly. This trained us
to appear in public. I can look back and see that the
Lord was preparing me to speak on Bible truths.
When my mother would ask me to go to
meeting on Sunday, I would make up some excuse,
-my studies needed attention, I must write a
composition, or something of the kind. Thus things
went until June when I accompanied my Uncle
Norton to visit my older brother who had moved to
Adam's Basin. Soon after our arrival we attended
an all-day meeting held by P.A. Smith, an earnest
Adventist minister. The First-day Adventists taught
that the great commotion among the nations of
Europe would bring on the Battle of Armageddon,
and the Lord would now come very soon. Under
this preaching, my convictions of 1843 were again
fully aroused. After meeting, as the minister visited
with my brother, he began to talk with me, and
obtained a promise from me to serve the Lord. I
felt relieved that the way was thus opened for me. I
wanted to be in earnest about being a Christian,
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